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[ih] ARPAnet Type 3 packets (datagrams)
- Subject: [ih] ARPAnet Type 3 packets (datagrams)
- From: bernie at fantasyfarm.com (Bernie Cosell)
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:27:01 -0500
- In-reply-to: <a06240801c73435bb28df@[10.0.1.20]>
- References: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <a06240801c73435bb28df@[10.0.1.20]>
On 26 Nov 2009 at 8:50, John Day wrote:
> Which brings up another question. I had always thought that X.25
> originated mostly with the French PTT. I have heard stories that the
> Telenet guys had a strong hand in its design. What is the case?
The first X.25-ness I recall was a spec from Bell-Canada that looked like
it was a broken attempt to full-duplexize the IBM HDLC protocol. I [and
maybe together with Dave Walden] wrote a few critiques of it for IEEE
Trans/communications and I think it got heavily revised before it was
implemented.
/Bernie\
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